INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION
COMMISSION ON LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE (IGU-LUCC)
WORKSHOP ON “GLOBAL AND REGIONAL LAND USE/COVER CHANGES”
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, July 17-20, 2003
THIRD CIRCULAR
Dear Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Workshop on “Global and Regional Land Use/Cover Changes” is organized as a major activity of
the Commission on Land Use and Land Cover Change (IGU-LUCC) in the framework of the
International Conference on “Society and Environment Interaction under Conditions of Global and
Regional Changes” (Moscow- Barnaul/Altai).
The Workshop will be held in between July 18 – 20 2003, in Moscow, Russian Federation (Russia), at
the Faculty of Geography of the Moscow State University M.V.Lomonosov. The Workshop will
consist of one-day scientific excursion (July 18) and two days of paper and poster sessions (July 19 20), while July 17 is the arrival day of participants.
The Workshop will focus on the following Topics:
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Global trends of land use/cover changes and their backgrounds;
Integration of environmental and socio -economic knowledge of land use/cover changes;
Regionality of land use/cover changes;
Problems and hot issues of land use/cover changes in Eurasia;
Land use management and policy in different regions.
Passport and Visa information
Every visitor to Russia must have a valid passport and entrance visa.
Preliminary Program of the Workshop:
Field trip on July 18, 2003
Note: The departure of the bus for excursion will be at 9:00 am from hotel “Akademicheskaya”
where the guests will stay. We kindly request the participants of excursion to be in time.
The field trip will be to the "Gorky" natural-historical reserve-special forestry
"Gorky" Reserve is a unique natural site in Central Russia, situated 10 km south-east from Moscow.
Landscapes are typical for the forest zone within the Russian Plain and their peculiarities are caused by
the contact of five landscapes that belong to three physiographic regions. Many landscape complexes
can serve as environment-forming, resources-protecting and model sites in the Moscow suburban
region. Participants of the field trip will get acquainted with the long period of man-nature interactions
resulted in specific territorial pattern of nature management. Rather limited combination of natural and
anthropogenic landscape components, their attractiveness, and economic suitability created cultural
and historic image of national Russian landscape formed by culture of generations.
The reserve is also characterized by relics of old economic activities such as well seen old plough and
cultural horizons, remnants of territorial economic structure, as well as by man-made landscape
complexes. This allows to reconstruct activities of the inhabitants at various historic stages,
anthropogenic changes in landscapes as results of different types of nature management.
More than 150 historical, cultural and archaeological monuments characterizing all main stages and
types of nature management within the region are situated in the reserve with the area of 1665 hectares.
The most ancient settlements (Korobovskoje and Sjanovskoje settlements, etc.) are of Iron Age (1-st
millennium BC). There are 23 groups of kurgan graves (the largest contains 40 kurgans) of 10-13
centuries, and 15 settlements of 11-17 centuries. Stone quarries (Sjanovskije caves) are very interesting
monuments of 14-19 centuries. They can tell a lot not only on geologic structure of the region but also
on some peculiarities of the history of nature management there. Landscape parks of the "Gorky" and
"Pronino" estates of 18-19 centuries are typical for Russian estate culture. Their graceful palaces,
gardens and parks with straight and intricate lanes, whimsical pavilions and ponds are of extraordinary
beauty and aesthetic value.
Tentative Program of the Workshop paper sessions (19-20 July 2003)
19-20 July 2003 Place of meeting:Moscow, Vorobiovy Gory, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Main
Building, Faculty of Geography, 18th floor, room 1801
17 July, Thursday
Day of arrival, accommodation in hotel
18 July, Friday
Field excursion to the "Gorky" natural-historical reserve-special forestry.
leading by Dr.Vyacheslav Nizovtsev (see description of excursion)
19 July, Saturday
9:00 - 9:45
Workshop Registration, Coffee/Tea
9:45 - 10:00
Dr.Elena.Milanova, Dean of Faculty of Geography Prof. Nikolai S. Kasimov,
Prof.YukioHimiyama. Workshop Opening: Goals and Tasks
Topic 1. Global trends of land use/cover changes and their backgrounds.
Chairman Prof. Lawrence Crissman
10:00 -10:20
Prof.Yukio Himiyama (Japan). Globalization of Local and Regional Land Use/Land Cover
Change Studies
10:20 – 10:40
Prof.VladimirTikunov, Dr.Leniana Yanvareva (Russia). Land Use Maps in Atlas Information
Systems
10:40 – 11:00
Prof.Joseph Algamo and Dr.Marsel Endejan (Germany), Prof. Gennady Golubev, Dr.Nikolai
Dronin, Dr.Andrey Kirilenko (Russia). Climate Change and its Impact on Agricultural
Production in Russia
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
Topic 2: Integration of environmental and socio-economic knowledge of land use/cover change.
Chairman prof.Yukio Himiyama
11:30-11:50
Dr.Fridolin Krausmann and Helmut Haberl (Austria). Long-term Changes in Land Use
Patterns, Socio-economic Driving Forces and Environmental Change. A Central European
Case Study
11:50- 12:10
Dr.Nina Alexeeva (Russia). Cultural Driving Forces of Land Use/Land Cover Changes:
Comparative Studies of the Frontier Areas of Russia
12:10 - 12:30
Prof.Ivan Bicik (Czechia). Land Use in Czechia 1845-2000: Driving Forces Influencing
Regional Differences
12:30 - 12:50
Dr. Vyacheslav Nizovtsev (Russia). Landscape Peculiarities of Land Use System Development
within Moscow Region
12:50 – 13:10
Prof. Lawrence Crissman (Australia). Documenting Land Use in China
13:10- 14:45
Lunch
Poster session 14:45-16:00
P1- Dr.Natalia Marchenko, Dr.Vyacheslav Nizovtsev (Russia). Landscape GIS for Study of Land Use Historical
Development
P2-Dr.Elena Milanova, Dr.Ruslan Butovsky, Maria Sennikova, Dr.Vladimir Solntsev, Dr.Boris Alexeev (Russia). Land
Cover Sustainability through Ecological Networking
P3- Dr.Sergei Antonov, Dr.Alexander Danshin and Dr.Mikhail Kazmin (Russia). Changes in Cultural Landscapes in
South-West Moscow Region under Influence of Natural and Antropogenic factors
P4– Dr.Vladimir Karakin (Russia). Long-term Land Use in NEA (Northeast Asia)
P5- PGS Petr Mares and Premysl Stych (Czechia). Comparison of Land Use Development in Model Areas of Czechia
in Period 1845-2000
P6-Marina Arshinova, Nadejda Uledova (Russia). Analysis of the Geographical Distribution of Natural Disasters in
Europe Because of Global Climate Change
P7 -Julia Kabelkaite (Russia). Land Use Structure of the Baltic Sea Region Change Impact on the Ecological State of
the Sea
16:00 –16:30
Day Topics Discussion. Chairmen Prof.Yukio Himiyama & Lawrence Crissman
16:30 – 19:00
Reception
20 July, Sunday
Topics 3 &4: Regionality of land use/cover changes, problems and hot issues in Eurasia.
Chairman Prof. Ivan Bicik
9:30 – 9:50
Dr.Bernd Cyffka (Germany). Land Cover Changes by Land Use Changes on Mediterranean
Islands
9:50 – 10:10
Dr. Tapeshwar Singh. Nature of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Indo-Gangetic Plain
Region of India
10:10 – 10:30
Dr.Oksana Klimanova (Russia). The Role of Heritage of Ancient and Medieval Civilizations
for Land Cover Change in Mediterranean Area
10:30- 11:00
Coffee break
11:00– 11:20
Prof. Alexander Chibilev, Dr. Sergey Levikin (Russia). Regional Features of Modern Land
Use in Orenburgskaya Oblast
11:20 – 11:40
Dr.Nobusuke Iwasaki and David S.Sprague (Japan). Land Use and Rural Ecosystem change
for Recent 100 years in Ami, Japan
11:40 – 12:00
Dr.Nina Solntseva, Dr. Alexander Sadov (Russia). Transformation of Tundra Soils of Western
Siberia under the Influence of Mining Sewage from Oil-Gas Fields
12:00-13:30
Lunch
Topic 5: Land Use management and policy in different region. Chairman Dr.Fridolin Krausmann
13:30 – 13:50
Prof. Boris Kochurov (Russia). Land Relations in Russia
13:50 – 14:10
14:10 -14:30
14:30 – 14:50
Prof.Alexey Beliakov(Russia).The Principles of Dealing with Land Use Problems on FloodProne Areas
Dr.Yurii Mazurov, Alla Pakina (Russia). Territories of the Natural and Cultural Heritage
15:40- 16:00
Dr.Natalia Shabalina (Russia). The Conflicting Situations in the Development of Recreational
Using Nature
Dr.Andrey Kirilenko, Dr.Nikolai Dronin (Russia). Climatic and Political Factors in
Agricultural Performance of Russia
Day Topics Discussion and Final Discussion. Chairmen Prof. Ivan Bicik & Dr.Fridolin
Krausmann
Closing ceremony. Chairman Dr. Elena Milanova
16:00 – 17:00
Meeting of Steering Committee members of IGU-LUCC Commission
14:50 – 15:10
15:10- 15:40
Oral and Poster presentation.
Oral presentations will be restricted to a maximum of 20 minutes, including translation and
questions/short comments. Day Topics discussion is planned for the end of each day.
During paper sessions such facilities will be available Power Point and Overhead Projector. Please
bring CD disks in Microsoft IBM compatible Format and provide them to Workshop organizers on 18
July before excursion.
Poster session is planned for 19 July.
 size of Posters 130 cm W X 190 cm H;
 poster papers have to be put on special desks according the Poster # in Agenda (P1, P2,….) on
morning 19 July and will be on display for 19-20 July till the closing of the Workshop,
 there will be adequate time to discuss posters (see Agenda).
Languages: the official languages of the Workshop will be English and Russian. The interpreters will
translate the presentations consecutively.
Papers (full texts of presentations) submission and preparation
Participants will be invited to submit the full texts of presentations in English for Proceedings of IGULUCC Workshop (the details will be announced during the Workshop).
Registration fee is USD 150 prior to March 1,2003 and USD 180 after March 1, 2003. The fee for
students and accompanying persons is USD 100.
Registration fee covers organizational expenses, all Circulars of the Workshop, participation in
scientific sessions and one-day excursion, copies of all materials of Workshop, lunches and
refreshments during paper sessions, welcoming reception, transfer from and to airport.
Venue
The guests will be met at the International airport Sheremetievo 2 (the meeting person will have the
placard sign “ Altai International Conference-Barnaul/ IGU-LUCC Moscow”). We are kindly
request you to provide us in time with the information about your flights and time of arrival in Moscow.
Accommodation
Accommodation will be booked according your requests in Registration Forms in the medium class
hotel “Akademicheskaya” (USD 40-45 per night) not far from the Moscow State University.
The supporting staff from MSU Faculty of Geography will meet you at one hour in advance of paper
sessions on 19 & 20 July to accompany to Moscow State University by public transport.
Contact
E-mail: emilanova@iscmoscow.glasnet.ru
Tel.: (7-095) 937 50-02
Fax: (7-095) 937-50-03
Address: 119899, Moscow, Russia, Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography (with Note: for
IGU-LUCC Moscow 2003)
Websites:
IGU-LUCC: http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/igulucc/
Main Conference: http://www.igu.org.ru/
Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University http://www.geogr.msu.ru/conference/altay2003/
On behalf of the organizational team:
Dr. Elena Milanova
Moscow State of Geography, Faculty of Geography
IGU-LUCC Steering Committee member